+6%
– the level to which the business confidence index in retail trade has risen.
In Q2, the business climate in retail trade took shape under signs of increased business activity. Growth in the index reversed the lows of the preceding quarters, returning it to the middle range of historic results seen over the last two years. However, the traditional spring and summer seasons served as the main source of the recovery process and viability of commercial organizations, with the grocery driver leading the advance. The current dynamics in non-food industries indicate continuing stagnation.
This information comes from ‘The Business Climate in Retail Trade,’ a report by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at the HSE’s Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK).
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30%
of entrepreneurs in service industries reported a decrease in consumer demand for their services in the fourth quarter of 2015.
2%
of representatives of small manufacturing companies who are prepared to take out long-term loans to develop and modernize their operations would agree to do so at rates comparable to the current rates of 18-21%.
15%
of directors at Russian industrial companies in October reported a decrease in the number of employees compared to September.
+4%
was the index of business confidence in retail trade. The indicator’s value increased after six months of being in a critical zone near zero.
5%
of industrial managers view the current economic situation at their enterprises as ‘favourable’.
–14%
was the level to which the business confidence index in building materials production fell in May of this year.
-12%
was the level to which the business confidence index in the service sector fell in the first quarter of 2015. This is a record decline. For the year, the value of the index has fallen by 10 percentage points.
30%
of entrepreneurs in the retail sector reported that they had reduced headcount in their organizations in the fourth quarter of 2014. Compared with the beginning of the year, the trend with respect to headcount reductions has doubled.
31%
of construction companies are experiencing a shortage in graduates from educational institutions who have either technical training or who specialize in a trade.